A libel case instituted against popular actress, Liz Abjorin, is being delayed by an her alleged non-availability to receive the court paper or notice.
This is according to a sheriff of the Lagos State High Court,, Inusile Babatunde, who has accused her of evading court processes in the N30 million defamation suit filed against her.
As ‘The Sun’ reports, Anjorin was dragged before the court by a Canada-based Yoruba art and culture promoter, Mr. Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye, popularly known as “Baba Asa.” But attempts to serve the actress court processes have been unsuccessful, said the sheriff. Babatunde made the allegation in his six-paragraph affidavit sworn to on August 10, 2021, and filed in support of an ex-parte motion seeking to serve the court process on the defendant by substituted means.
In the substantive suit numbered LD/ADR/3481/2021, he is asking the court to compel Lizzy Anjorin to pay him N30 million for alleged defamation. In his February 23 statement of claim, a 13-paragraph affidavit, he alleged that the defendant defamed him on her social media page.
“Baba Asa” averred that he became conversant with the actress in the course of his business as a promoter and enabler of Yoruba art, culture and tradition in 2018 when he was preparing to organise the annual Asa Day for 2018 in Canada. He noted that the actress was contacted to participate in the event and all issues relating to her participation and engagement in the Asa Day 2018, were sorted out effectively and conclusively.
But on January 30, 2021, several of his acquaintances informed him that they saw a post on social media attributed to the actress titled “The Fraudster of Manitoba and the Fraudster of Winnipeg” in which the defendant alleged that Baba Asa perpetrated a fraud on her and people connected to her. The claimant averred that there was no justification for the defendant to issue the post regarding his personality, adding that the content of the post was damaging to and disparaging of his character.
